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08 LC 25 5148
House Bill 1183
By: Representatives Smith of the 113th, Royal of the 171st, Cox of the 102nd, Lewis of
the 15th, and Forster of the 3rd

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT


To amend an Act amending Chapter 16 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public property, and amending Part 2 of Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the university system, approved May 29, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 313), as amended by an Act approved May 1, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 686), so as to delay the repeal of a certain provision of said Act until June 30, 2010; to amend Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, so as to change certain provisions relating to nonlapsing revenue of institutions in the university system; to change certain provisions relating to nonlapsing of revenue of institutions under the Department of Technical and Adult Education; to provide for automatic repeals of certain provisions; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

SECTION 1.
(a) An Act amending Chapter 16 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to public property, and amending Part 2 of Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the university system, approved May 29, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 313), as amended by an Act approved May 1, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 686), is amended by striking Section 6 of said Act and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

"SECTION 6.
Section 1 of this Act shall be repealed in its entirety on June 30, 2005; Sections 2 and 3 of this Act shall be repealed in their entireties on June 30, 2006; and Section 4 of this Act shall be repealed in its entirety on June 30, 2010."
(b) The purpose of subsection (a) of this section is to delay the repeal of Section 4 of said Act, which amended subsection (b) of Code Section 50-16-18, relating to writing off small amounts due to the state, until June 30, 2010.

SECTION 2.
Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education, is amended in Part 2 of Article 2 of Chapter 3, relating to the university system, by revising Code Section 20-3-86, relating to nonlapsing revenue of institutions in the university system, as follows:
"20-3-86.
Revenue collected by any or all institutions in the university system from tuition, departmental sales or services, continuing education fees, technology fees, or indirect cost recoveries shall not lapse. The amount of revenue from tuition that shall not lapse under this Code section shall not exceed 3 percent of the tuition collected. This Code section shall stand repealed on June 30, 2008 2010."

SECTION 3.
Said title is further amended by revising Code Section 20-4-21.1, relating to nonlapsing revenue of institutions under the Department of Technical and Adult Education, as follows:
"20-4-21.1.
Revenue collected by any or all institutions under the Department of Technical and Adult Education from departmental sales or services, continuing education fees, technology fees, or indirect cost recoveries shall not lapse. This Code section shall stand repealed on June 30, 2008 2010."

SECTION 4.
This Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its becoming law without such approval.

SECTION 5.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.